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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's come-from-behind victory in New Hampshire revives a campaign badly shaken after a third-place finish in Iowa. And Republican John McCain, whose campaign was left for dead a few months ago, wins with a push from independent voters.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson finished fourth among Democrats competing in the Iowa caucuses. Despite garnering just 2 percent support, he is pledging to keep up his bid for the presidency at least through New Hampshire.

With just a day to go before the New Hampshire primary, Michele Norris checks in with former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on his campaign bus. Given the recent polls and his rival's financing, Edwards admits he has a tough hill to climb.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a lethal injection case from Kentucky. Two death-row inmates say that the way lethal injection is practiced by the state amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. This is the first time in more than a century that the court examines a method of execution.

Democratic presidential candidates campaign in New Hampshire in hopes of winning the nation's first primary. Hillary Clinton is in another tight race against Barack Obama but pledges to stay in the race. Obama is accused of creating a sense of false hope because of lack of experience.

With the Iowa caucuses behind them, presidential candidates head to New Hampshire for some last-minute campaigning. Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving and Kevin Landrigan, senior political reporter at the Nashua Telegraph, discuss Tuesday's primaries.

The Department of Homeland Security began to take shape five years ago, merging two dozen agencies and almost 200,000 federal employees. More than $200 billion later, the department faces low morale, missed deadlines and continued concerns about its abilities.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signals the Fed is ready to cut interest rates in the face of mounting risks to the U.S. economy. Rising unemployment, high oil prices and a decline in manufacturing pressure the White House to keep the economy from lapsing into recession.

Hillary Clinton addressed the growing tension between her and presidential rival Barack Obama on Monday, telling a gathering in New York honoring Martin Luther King that the civil rights visionary made it possible for both a woman and a black man to run for president.

Author Jeff Goodell warns a new climate regime is coming: "We don't really know what we're heading into and how chaotic this can get." His new book is The Heat Will Kill You First.